The 18-foot boat, built by Bayliner, was bought from Rawhide Inc. on May 11 via eBay and shipped from Wisconsin with its trailer.
Through Uship.com, the buyer paid J&S Enterprises $500 to transport the purchase. That company confirmed to police that it was paid to get the boat and trailer to Darien. But an Alabama-based company, E&S Moving Systems LLC of Mobile, was hired as a subcontractor for the job, and police hadn’t been able to get in touch with that business by the time of the police report early this week.
The buyer paid $7,682.40 for the boat, another $1,929.40 for the trailer — a total of $10,012 when the $500 for shipping is included. Police are still investigating the incident.